Sunday, March 09, 2025

Proposal: The Road Less Traveled

Reached quorum, 5-0. Enacted by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 11 Mar 2025 17:30:24 UTC

Add a subrule to the rule “Resources”, titled “Aspirations”:

If a Seeker has at least 50 of a Resource and more of that Resource than any of their other Resources, then that Seeker is considered to have an Aspiration of:
Rich, if that Resource is Wealth;
Famous, if that Resource is Fame;
Powerful, if that Resource is Influence;
Clever, if that Resource is Savvy.

If a Seeker has an Aspiration and that Aspiration is not the single most common Aspiration among all Seekers, then that Seeker’s gains of the Resource associated with that Aspiration are doubled. If that Seeker is the only Seeker with that Aspiration, their gains of the associated Resource are instead quadrupled.

If the Proposal “The Most Important Thing” passed, add a new Aspiration to the above list of Aspirations:

Joyful, if that Resource is Happiness.

 

Allowing players to obtain a massive pile of one resource (for extra fool’s gold), and encouraging them to choose different resources.

posted by Habanero at 09 Mar 2025 18:42:00 UTC Comments (6)

Comments

Josh: he/they

09-03-2025 19:37:52 UTC

I quite like this.

JonathanDark: he/him

10-03-2025 03:32:53 UTC

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ais523: Custodian

10-03-2025 04:00:19 UTC

imperial I am a little concerned about the balance – ×2 is a lot, ×4 is a lot more – but I guess the point is “you have one resource that’s very plentiful”.

I’m also a little concerned about the timing, as when this enacts there’s likely to be an easy way to get Wealth but not an easy way to get other resources, so it’s likely to lead to Wealth being plentiful for everyone, even if some players branch our later.

I do really like the underlying idea, though.

Josh: he/they

10-03-2025 07:36:15 UTC

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ais523: Custodian

10-03-2025 12:25:06 UTC

CoV for I missed that having the most common Aspiration does nothing.

Raven1207: he/they

10-03-2025 14:45:56 UTC

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